The Vancouver, Wash., city council has voted to place a six-month moratorium on a project to build a central heating biomass plant in downtown Vancouver, that would have replaced 11 fossil fuel boilers.
Iberdrola Renewables has announced that its 26.8-megawatt (MW) biomass power project at Collins Pine Co.'s Fremont sawmill in Lakeview, Ore., will be put on hold indefinitely, due to lack of a power purchase agreement.
Thailand's largest chemical producer, PTT Chemical Public Co. Ltd. is investing $150 million in NatureWorks. Once regulatory approval for the investment is granted, PTT Chemical will hold a 50-percent equity share in NatureWorks.
Ford is expanding its program to track suppliers' carbon footprints and, in a separate news item, researching use of coconut husks as plastic reinforcement.
Industry leaders discussed how waste plastics and algae are viable feedstock for the production of green fuels, chemicals and products at BBI International's Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show in Pittsburgh this week.
The biomass industry is a new frontier for the team at the Gemstone Group, a renewable energy investment banking firm, and according to Gary Kleiman, founder, his team is looking for opportunities to partner and help people with their projects.
Experts explain feedstock supply chain intricacies
October 13, 2011
J.D. Lindberg, principal and CFO for Resource Recycling Systems Inc., spoke about the intricacies of feedstock supply contracting during the 2011 Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
Mannheim, Germany-based specialty chemical company Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH has been presented with the 2011 Frost & Sullivan Global New Product Innovation Award in the Bioplastic Additives Market for its BioAdimide product.
Legislators introduce Farm Bill
October 12, 2011
Two Indiana legislators have introduced Farm Bill legislation that would target $40 billion in cuts to the USDA's budget and make several alterations to the programs included under the current Farm Bill's energy title.
WASDE: New crop acres down, yield unchanged, beginning stocks up
October 12, 2011
As expected, the USDA raised its feed grain stocks projections in the World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report issued Oct. 12 as higher beginning stocks more than offset lower forecast production.
Researchers from the University of Florida have found a way for tree breeders to create a new pine variety in about six years—less than half than the more than 13 years it takes without the genetic technique.
A newly formed group -- the Coalition for E85 -- is battling an E85 price increase at the end of the year, when the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit is likely to expire. In its place, the coalition is lobbying for a 50 cent per gallon tax credit.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce is investigating an issue with ethanol-blended gasoline in 21 communities after Magellan Midstream Partners LP mistakenly distributed gasoline blended with high percentages of ethanol in southern Minnesota.
John Elliot, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corp. of Erie County, kicked off BBI International's Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show with discussion about the opportunities for worldwide export of biomass via the Great Lakes.
A single, science-based and inclusive biomass definition is the focal point in the biomass industry's efforts to bolster policy that can spur development, said Charlie Niebling at the opening session of the Northeast biomass conference.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 489, a law that allows small-scale biomass and biogas projects (1 megawatt or less) to qualify for the state's Net Energy Metering program.
As winter nears, beating the cold is on the minds of many U.S. homeowners. To help homeowners make informed decisions, the BTEC will present a three-part webinar mini-series that will examine biomass heating in different regions of the country.
As a way to enable Canadian pellet mill Nechako Green Energy Ltd. to make the most of its waste products, Pratt & Whitney Power Systems will install a 2-megawatt (MW) biomass waste heat recovery plant at the Vanderhoof, British Columbia facility.
What started as a trip to Gussing, Austria, to see a combined-heat-and-power plant in action has turned into developing plans for a similar facility in northern Pennsylvania's borough of Smethport.
As part of the panel “Leveraging Wastewater and Manure Streams for Energy Production� at the Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show Oct. 11-13 in Pittsburgh, presenters discussed how anaerobic digestion is catching on in the Northeast.
Despite being caught up "in the most disappointing kind of politics," Energy Sec. Steven Chu said recently that the U.S. DOE and the Obama administration remain firmly committed to the department's loan guarantee program.
Despite being caught up “in the most disappointing kind of politics,� Energy Sec. Steven Chu said recently that the U.S. DOE and the Obama administration remain firmly committed to the department's loan guarantee program.
Biomass torrefaction company HM3 Energy Inc. has been selected as one of three finalists in the 2011 Cleantech Open Business Competition's Pacific Northwest Division.
PFI members and staff have wrapped up a series of meetings with more than 30 senators, representatives, staffers and administrators on Capitol Hill to help them better understand the importance of densified biomass in U.S. energy policies.
Raising his voice over the loud noises of the anaerobic digestion system at Fairview Swiss Cheese in Fredonia, Pa., Rick Koller explained the ins and outs of the process to tour participants of the Northeast Biomass Conference & Trade Show.
Making the connection between the local supply of woody biomass and the need for future energy cost reduction, a school district near Meadville, Pa., agreed to commission a thermally led combined heat and power project.
Calvin Ernst, owner and operator of Ernst Conservation Seeds, lives a biomass-related life every day. The Meadville, Pa.-based company was founded in 1965 and has expanded and now includes Ernst Biomass and a pellet manufacturing facility.
The BPA participated in the grand opening of the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center biomass facility in Gainesville, Fla., on Oct. 11. Upon completion, this facility will be one of the two largest biomass facilities in the country.
Two Indiana legislators have introduced Farm Bill legislation that would target $40 billion in cuts to the USDA's budget and make several alterations to the programs included under the current Farm Bill's energy title.
Biomass harvests will change the dynamics of harvest. It will require manpower, yes. The equipment needs will be great. In the end, that infamous American farmer ingenuity will figure out how to get it done better and faster.
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